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Bennis M. Blue Interview, 2017-11-16 [MilColl OH 1131]

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Bennis M. Blue Interview, 2017-11-16 [MilColl OH 1131]


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Fort Bragg (N.C.), Fort Lee (Va.), Fort McClellan (Ala.), Military history, Oral histories, Oral history, Personal narratives, Retired military personnel, United States. Army Reserve, United States. Army. Women's Army Corps, Veterans, United States. Army. Airborne Division, 82nd
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All rights for this interview are held by the State Archives of North Carolina. Educational or other uses for this interview, as defined under the “fair use” provision of Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act, are permitted. Permission to publish this interview (whether in print or online), or to use this interview beyond the “fair use” provision of the Copyright Act, must be obtained from the State Archives of North Carolina Registrar in writing.
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Bennis Blue was raised in Raleigh, N.C. Self-identifying as a non-tribe affiliated Native American, she is of Native American and African American descent. Blue was stationed with various U.S. Army units from 1976 to 1996 in the U.S. Women’s Army Corps (WAC), U.S. Army, and U.S. Army Reserves. She was stationed at the following military installations: Fort McClellan, AL, Fort Bragg, N.C.; Fort Lee, Va.; and at a base in Germany. 

At Fort Bragg in 1978, Blue became the first female minority officer of the 82nd Airborne Division as a First Lieutenant, and one of the first five women to join the 82nd Airborne as the U.S. Army integrated women with men in their units. She would retire from the Army Reserves with the rank of Major. Blue currently resides in Wake County, N.C.
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